http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/08/03/2008-08-03_report_bernie_mac_in_very_very_critical_.html
Comedian Bernie Mac is reportedly in "very, very critical" condition after checking himself into a Chicago hospital with pneumonia.
The Chicago Sun-Times, citing an unidentified person with ties to Mac's family, first reported on his dire condition today and said his wife, Rhonda McCullough, is at his side.
A spokeswoman for Mac did not directly address the Sun-Times report, only referring a reporter today to a statement issued Saturday in which she called rumors that he was dead "absolutely untrue."
Publicist Danica Smith said the TV funnyman, whose real name is Bernard McCullough, is responding well to treatment and should be released soon.
Smith, who said she was unsure when her client first entered the hospital, said the pneumonia was unrelated to Mac's sarcoidosis, a chronic disease that can inflame tissue, particularly in the lungs. The 50-year-old Mac's sarcoidosis has been in remission since 2005, she said.
Mac, a Chicago native, was a school bus driver for the handicapped before breaking into stand-up comedy three decades ago.
He landed a series of big screen roles in the 1990s in flicks like "House Party 3," "Friday" and Spike Lee's "Get on the Bus."
His biggest fame has come in the past decade with "The Original Kings of Comedy" in 2000 and "Ocean's Eleven" in 2001. But it was the debut of his self-titled TV comedy, "The Bernie Mac Show" that year that made his a household name. The series was canceled in 2006.
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Sad, I saw him at the Kings of comedy when they filmed it, laughin so hard I was crying, he stole the show..
Comedian Bernie Mac is reportedly in "very, very critical" condition after checking himself into a Chicago hospital with pneumonia.
The Chicago Sun-Times, citing an unidentified person with ties to Mac's family, first reported on his dire condition today and said his wife, Rhonda McCullough, is at his side.
A spokeswoman for Mac did not directly address the Sun-Times report, only referring a reporter today to a statement issued Saturday in which she called rumors that he was dead "absolutely untrue."
Publicist Danica Smith said the TV funnyman, whose real name is Bernard McCullough, is responding well to treatment and should be released soon.
Smith, who said she was unsure when her client first entered the hospital, said the pneumonia was unrelated to Mac's sarcoidosis, a chronic disease that can inflame tissue, particularly in the lungs. The 50-year-old Mac's sarcoidosis has been in remission since 2005, she said.
Mac, a Chicago native, was a school bus driver for the handicapped before breaking into stand-up comedy three decades ago.
He landed a series of big screen roles in the 1990s in flicks like "House Party 3," "Friday" and Spike Lee's "Get on the Bus."
His biggest fame has come in the past decade with "The Original Kings of Comedy" in 2000 and "Ocean's Eleven" in 2001. But it was the debut of his self-titled TV comedy, "The Bernie Mac Show" that year that made his a household name. The series was canceled in 2006.
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Sad, I saw him at the Kings of comedy when they filmed it, laughin so hard I was crying, he stole the show..
